{"id":488112,"date":"2025-10-10T10:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/488112\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:39:16","slug":"france-pays-tribute-to-robert-badinter-the-man-who-ended-the-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/488112\/","title":{"rendered":"France pays tribute to Robert Badinter, the man who ended the death penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President Emmanuel Macron presided over the event, which marked Badinter\u2019s induction into the nation\u2019s most revered memorial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Badinter, who died in February 2024 at the age of 95, is remembered as a moral and legal figure who helped reshape France\u2019s justice system. Although not physically buried at the Panth\u00e9on, five symbolic objects representing his life\u2019s work were placed inside the tomb, reflecting his lifelong dedication to justice and human dignity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Born in 1928 to a Jewish family in Paris, Badinter\u2019s experiences during the Second World War shaped his commitment to law and equality. He prosecuted Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and later served as president of France\u2019s Constitutional Council before spending 16 years in the Senate. His legacy as a defender of civil liberties and the abolition of capital punishment continues to define France\u2019s modern vision of justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Emmanuel Macron presided over the event, which marked Badinter\u2019s induction into the nation\u2019s most revered memorial. Badinter,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[160460,34,2000,299,36,161307,161306,161308,161309,96143],"class_list":{"0":"post-488112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-badinter","9":"tag-emmanuel-macron","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-justice-system","14":"tag-klaus-barbie","15":"tag-legal-figure","16":"tag-lifelong-dedication","17":"tag-president-of-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115349445975226850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}